1SIMcar dslot2Battery
3Dockingconnector4Memory-upgradeslot
5Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive6PCIExpressMiniCardslotforwirelessWANcardor
mSATAsolidstatedrive
1SIMcardslot
IfyourcomputerhasawirelessWANfeature,itmayrequireaSIM(SubscriberIdenticationModule)cardto
establishawirelessWAN(WideAreaNetwork)connections.Dependingonthecountryofdelivery,theSIM
cardmaybealreadyinstalledintheSIMcardslot.
2Battery
Useyourcomputerwithbatterypowerwheneveracpowerisunavailable.
Byinstallingasecondbattery,availableasanoption,intheserialUltrabayslim,youcanextendtheoperating
timeofthecomputer .YoucanalsousePowerManagertoadjustyourpowersettingasneeded.
Fordetails,r efert otheinstructionsin���PowerManager”onpage23.
3Dockingconnector
WithaThinkPadPortReplicatorSeries3,ThinkPadMiniDockSeries3,ThinkP adMiniDockPlusSeries
3,andThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W),youcanextendthecomputercapabilitieswhenyou
areinyourofceorathome.
4Memory-upgradeslot
Youcanincreasetheamountofmemoryinyourcomputerbyinstallingamemorymoduleinthememory
bay.Memorymodulesareavailableasoptions.
5Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
Yourcomputermayhavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddiskdrivethatcanmeetavarietyof
storagedemands.Tokeepthedrivesafe,ActiveProtectionSystem™isinstalledonyourcomputer.For
details,referto“ActiveProtectionSystem”onpage21.
Ifyouwish,youcanpurchaseanotherharddiskdriveandinstallitintheserialUltr abayslim.
WithLenovo®technologiesadvancingtoprovideyouwiththebestengineeredsystems,somemodels
areequippedwithasolidstatedrivefordatastorage.Thiscutting-edgetechnologyenablesnotebook
computerstobelighter,smallerandfaster.
Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard
diskdriveorsolidstatedrivedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolidstatedrivedrivebecause
ofitssmallercapacity.
6PCIExpressMiniCardslotforwirelessWANcardormSATAsolidstatedrive
YourcomputermightincludeaPCIExpressMiniCardinthePCIExpressMiniCardslotwhichenables
wirelessWANcommunications.
WithL enovotechnologiesadvancingtoprovideyouwiththebestengineeredsystems,somemodelsare
equippedwithamSAT Asolidstatedrivefordatastorage.
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